Thread by @DefenseNigeria

November 2017, French President Emmanual Macron publicly humiliates the president of Burkina faso right in front of his own people.

With optics like this its a no brainer why anti French sentiments continued unabated.

Then in December 2019. At a NATO Summit in London. Yes.."NATO", Macron orders francophone leaders to "crush" the growing anti french sentiments if they want continious French assistance

against islamist militants. So here we have the French who used NATO as its glove to destroy an African Union member state Libya. Create an enabling environment for terrorists to thrive by allowing militants raid Gadaffi's huge stockpile of weapons...

..when i mean by "create an enabling" enviroment i mean French objection of the CIA's recommendation to destroy or send troops to prevent Gadaffi's huge stockpile of arms to fall into the hands of militants. The CIA concerns were genuine. They feared MANPADS at the

..hands of islamists could pose a serious threat to civil aviation. They also feared it could destabilize the entire continent. Paris argued the optics of NATO boots on the ground will be damaging politically, better the rebels have their way than risk being seen as invaders.

No surpise, the weapons proliferate down the Sahel, destabilizing the entire region. The same France that said boots on the grounds in Libya will be interpreted an an invasion creates an entire military alliance G-5 Sahel right under the nose of the African Union...

.deploys 6,000 soldiers, Squadrons of fighter jets, creates another military base in Mali. Deploys two Squadrons of Mirage fighters to Niger. Creates another air base in Ndjamena, Chad..this time deploying its deadliest combat aircaft, Rafale fighter jets. Then a drone base

..and an additonal 5,000 troops in Mali, making Mali the capital of the G-5 Sahel military alliance. Builds another Reaper drone base in Niger.

Ironically/conveniently, Within this same period of time terrorist groups in the region began to multiply. They became better armed,

..flush with millions of dollars. Where did all this money come from? At least in 2014 the BBC revealed France had paid $3 million to Boko Haram and asked Cameroon to release several top Boko Haram commanders in Cameroonian custody as part of a deal, and tried very hard

to hide it from Nigerian government. When this was leaked the French government denied it. When it was no more deniable Paris said decisions made when it comes to the security of its citizens is not incumbent on Abuja.

So after five years the people of these countries hosting French militart bases see their security situation go from bad to worse. And when people of these countries say enough is enough, and demand French forces leave, Emmanual Macron tries to hold them hostage with

threats of pulling out French forces and leaving them alone to face the Islamist militants they themselves have created if they dont shut up.

He cleverely tries to frame French military presence in West Africa as part of a broader international coaltion..

Well the people refused to shut up. At a point the leaders became more vocal what happens? Between 2020 and 2021 there has been two military takeovers in Mali, the Headquarters of French created Sahel G-5 military alliance. Not once, TWICE in a nine month span.

How ridiculous?

To put things into perspective, when French intel discovered that over a hundred militants from southern Libya on gun trucks were enroute Chad to threaten the Derby regime, Emmanual Macron did not wait for them step foot on Chadian soil. They were intercepted by French fighters

.. in the Libyan desert. Rafale and Mirage fighter jets obliterated the forty gun truck convoy. The French took it a step further by hitting militant bases in southern Libya for three consecutive days.

Yet in Mali, headquarters of the G-5 Sahel housing 5,000 French troops,

Squadrons or fighter jets and helicopters with hundreds of amoured vehicle's ..basically one of the most heavily protected nation in the region, yet a group of young officers on two occasions outs the Presidents weeks after they espoused frustration with rising insecurity

..and questioned the true motive of the French military. In the 2020 Mali coup, President Jonathan was appointed ECOWAS chief mediator. When talks failed and ECOWAS threatened to expel Mali from the regional bloc, Emmanual Macron criticised ECOWAS's "ill advised decision"

So Macron was willing use force to protect a 32 year dictatorship in Chad but was helpless to protect a democratically elected Presidents who "dared" question French motives in Mali.

The newly elected President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, 24 hours to his inauguration questioned

..the need of having French forces in the region, saying Africans are better suited to solve its security challenges. He narrowly missed breaking a World Record for the leader with the shortest durest in power when he escaped a palace coup on the very same day he took office.

Late DECEMBER 20th 2019. Emmanual Macron "summons" the leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to Paris to to explain and give an account of growing anti-French sentiments.

Before i continue lets remember what we are dealing with here. We are dealing with a country that

.neocolonizes 14 West African nations 60 years after independence. These nations are forced to deposit 90% of their money in the French Central Bank. If they want their money they have to apply for a loan on their own money with interest from France. Leaders who do not

.comply are either killed or overthrown in a coup. Look how many Coup that has taken place between 2020 and 2021...a staggering ELEVEN coup d'etat. Mali alone has had two coup d'etat within a year.

In January 2020, Emmanual Macron pleaded with Trump not to cut off U.S. support for French forces in Africa.

why would France be this desperate? France is known for having an outsized ego. Why was Macron so desperate for U.S logistical support? The answer is simple

France is a backwater state that knows without the resources of these African countries, France will be a 3rd world nation. This is why they are so desperate to maintain their foothold in West Africa. ECOWAS leaders are either too dumb to see this, or they just dont care.

We are dealing with a colonial power that is ready to go to war to maintain their foothold in West Africa to sustain their high standard of living. Paris will have to be nuts to let it go without a fight. I have 100% iron clad evidence which i will expound upon in PART 2.